Tejlimonies proving the `Meliah to be- come. t5f ExercitatioXIII. OtherTeftimooiiei proving the*gab to be come. Flagg. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9. Mal.3 .t; 2. State of the People at the building of the Second Temple. In the ¿ayes of DariusFly- ffafpes, not Nothus. The Miele treated of by Haggai the ficond Houfe. Provedagainif Abarbinel. The Glorypromifed to thisHoufe. Brief fummary,ofthe Glory of Solomons Temple. Its Projellion; Magnificence. Treafure Pent about it. Number of Workmen i: employed in it. Ornaments. Worfhip. SecondTemple camparedwOith it. Pretenfions of the Rabbins about its Greaìnefl, and Duration; removed. Whatwas the Glory promifed to the ficondHoufe. Opinion of the ews. The Promi(è of it not conditional. Tbe mean- ing of Win in the Text. Evafioou of Abarbinel, Kimchi and Aben Ezra ezamiued, Their Opinion of the Glary promifd to the ficond Houfe. Of the greatnefl of it. Things. wanting in it by their own coiffion. The Glory r f this Houfe not in the Bayes of the Hafmonxans,orHerodians. Not in its continuance. Circumftances proving the true - Mefrah to be the Glory. Anomalous Conffrultionof the Words removed. Mal. 3. i. ex- plained. Confeffion of the ancient Jews. E shall now proceed toother teftimonies of the fame evidence and im- portance with the foregoing. The end of calling andCeparatüag the people ofthe Jews, from thereff of the world,the forming of them into aNation, WE and the fettwngupof a Political Stateand Rule amongft them, being folely, as we have declared, to bring forth thepromifed Wish by them, and to fhaddow out his Spiritual-Kingdom : It was neceffary that he lhonld come before their utter defo- lation, and final rejeékion fromthat flare and condition, which alto he did according to the promife and preditdion before infifted on and_ explained. The fame was the cnd of their Ecclefiaftical, or Church-State, with all the Religious Worfhip that was'in- Rimed therein. Whileft that alfo therefore continued and was accepted of God in the place of his own appointment, he was to oe brought forth and to accomplifh his work in the world. This alío in fúndry placesof the Old T)lament is foretold , oneor two of the moil eminent of them we !hall confider, and manifèlt from them, that the trueWiah is long fince come, and exhibited unto the world, according to the Promife givenof oldto that purpofe.. The tarli we !hall fix upon, is rhat ofHaggai, Chap. 2. v.;, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. whereunto we !hall addMal. 3.1. The words of the former place are, Who is left among you, that faro this howl in her firft Glory; and how doyoufee it now ? It it not inyoureyes in coinparifinof it as nothing ? Thus faith the Lord of Holt"; Yet once it is a little while, and/ will fhake the Heavensand the Earth, and the Sea; and the dry Land, and Iwill lhake all Nations, and the defire of all Nationsfball come.: AndI will fill thisHoufe withGlory, faith the LordofHafts. The Silver is mine, and the Gold is mine, faith the Lord ofHafts, and the Gloryof this latter Houfe,/ball be greater then the faith the Lord of Hogs: And in this place will give peace, faith the Lord ofHofts. Thofe of the latter arc, Behold, I willfend myWenger, and he !hall prepare the way be- fore me, and the Lordwhom I feek fhallfuddenly come to hie Temple, even the Mrenger of the Covenant, whom ye delight in, Behold he"hall come, faith the Lord ofHefts. Both to the fame purpofe. The occafaon of the former words mutt be enquired after i from the ffory of ,thofetimes in Ezra, and the whole Difcourfe oftheProphet in thht place. The people returning from their Captivity with Zerubbabel in the' dayes of Cyrus had laid the foundation of theTemple ; but havingbegun their work, great oppofition was made againft it, and great difcouragements theymet withal], as it will fall out with all meu that engage in the work of God in any Generation: TheKingsof Perfiawho fink encouraged them unto this work, and countenanced them in it., Ezra t. 7, 8, 9. being. poffeffed with falte reports and Flanders, as is ufual alto in fuch cafes; atfire began to withdraw theirafsittance, as itfhould kern in the ¿ayes ofCyrur'himfelf, Ezra 4.5. And at length exprefly forbad their proceedings, caufing the whole work to ceafe X z by ÿ, L. 2.
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